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What are your best (easiest) tooth removal methods for kids?

My 11 year old is having an outrageously difficult time with a tooth that has been lose for over 6 months now. It just refuses to fall out on its own, even though there’s another tooth coming in, and it’s so painful that she can hardly bear to touch it. She keeps trying to numb it with orajel and pull it, but to no avail.

Any recommendations?

Note: I already tried to talk her into having the dental hygienist pull it but she was too scared.

21 Answers

I really don’t recall my baby teeth being so painful when loose. I used to just wiggle it until it eventually fell out, some need harder pulling.

If the gum is so sore, perhaps there is another issue like an infection? So a dentist might be your best bet. She could be fearful because of the pain she is feeling. If you reassure her there will be no pain it might feel better for her.

The problem with eating things that would help, is that she refuses to eat those things because it hurts. She’s eating like a toothless geriatric, only on the left side of her mouth, because everything hurts.

My grandfather would be like “Hey, let me see that loose tooth?” And we’d say “sure” and open out mouths. “A little wider, I can’t really see”, and as soon as our eyes closed, he’d pop it out with his thumbnail.

Somehow, this never turned us off from showing Pop Pop our loose teeth.